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A. The Planning Director, or designee, may authorize periodic changes to the boundaries of the Official Zoning Map in conformance with this section.

1. Interpretations of zone boundaries, except for watershed overlay boundaries, may be appealed to the Board of Adjustment.

2. Interpretations regarding watershed overlay boundaries shall be performed pursuant to paragraph 4.11.3, Rules for Interpretation of Overlay Boundaries.

B. Boundaries That Follow Lot Lines

1. A boundary shown on the Official Zoning Map as following a lot line or parcel boundary shall be construed as following the lot line or parcel boundary as it actually existed at the time the zoning boundary was established, as shown on maps submitted or used when the boundary was established.

2. If, subsequent to the establishment of the zoning boundary, a property line adjustment is made based upon a court ruling, the zoning boundary shall be construed to move with the lot line or parcel boundary if the adjustment is less than 10 feet.

C. Boundaries That Do Not Follow Lot Lines

1. Where the ordinance establishing a zoning boundary identifies the boundary as following a particular natural feature such as a ridgeline, contour line, a river, stream, lake or other water course, or reflects a clear intent that the boundary follow the feature, the boundary shall be construed as following that feature as it actually exists. If, subsequent to the establishment of the boundary, such natural feature should move as a result of natural processes (slippage, subsidence, erosion, flooding, sedimentation, etc.), the boundary shall be construed as moving with the natural feature.

2. A boundary shown on the Official Zoning Map as approximately following a street or railroad line shall be construed as following the centerline of the street or railroad right-of-way. If, subsequent to the establishment of the boundary, the centerline of the street or railroad right-of-way should be moved as a result of its widening or a minor realignment (such as at an intersection), the boundary shall be construed with moving with the centerline only if the centerline is moved no more than 25 feet.

3. A boundary shown on the Official Zoning Map as approximately parallel to, or as an apparent extension of, a feature described above shall be construed as being actually parallel to, or an extension of, the feature.

4. If a zoning boundary splits an existing lot or parcel, the metes and bounds description, if one was submitted at the time the zoning boundary was established, shall be used to establish the boundary.

5. If the specific location of the boundary cannot be determined from application of the above rules to the Official Zoning Map, it shall be determined by scaling the mapped boundary's distance from other features shown on the map.